Executive Summary
This is the Commerce Commission’s seventh annual telecommunications market monitoring report. It is produced as part of the Commission’s on-going monitoring of the evolution of competition in the telecommunications sector in New Zealand. We have included two infographics showing how the telecommunications market is delivering more to consumers and helping to drive the economy. Spending on telecommunications services is about the same in real terms as it was 10 years ago, yet…...

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by José Rizal
Some days after my return to Kalamba, my parents decided that I should remain, and that later I should go to Manila. I wanted to study with a teacher of the town, even though I could learn no more than multiplication, so I entered the village school.
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Assurance
Hank
Fixer
was
whistling
as
he
walked
toward
his
office,
still
feeling
a
bit
like
a
stranger
since
he
had
been
hired
four
weeks
ago
as
director,
quality
assurance.
All
last
week
he
had
been
away
from
the
plant
at
an
interesting
seminar
entitled
“Quality
in
the
2010’s”
given
for
quality
managers
of
manufacturing
plants
by
the
corporate
training
department.
He
was
not
looking
forward
to
really
digging
into
the
quality
problem
at
this
industrial
products
plant
employing
1200
people.
Hank
poked
his
head
into
Mark
Hamler’s
office,
his
immediate
subordinate,
the
quality
control
manager,
and
asked
him
how
things
had
gone
last
week.
Mark’s
muted
smile
and
an
“Oh
fine”
stopped
Hank
in
his
tracks.
He
did
not
know
Mark
very
well
and
was
unsure
of
how
to
start
building
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relationship
with
him
since
Mark
had
been
passed
over
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the
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......

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with 0 at the edge, but have it set in a few
millimeters. How could this improve the
accuracy of the ruler?
As the edge of the ruler gets worn away
over time, the first millimeter or two of
the scale would also be worn away if
the scale started at the edge.
19. Tools You find a micrometer (a tool used
to measure objects to the nearest 0.01 mm)
that has been badly bent. How would it
compare to a new, high-quality meterstick
in terms of its precision? Its accuracy?
It would be more precise but less
accurate.
20. Parallax Does parallax affect the precision
of a measurement that you make? Explain.
21. Error Your friend tells you that his height
is 182 cm. In your own words, explain the
range of heights implied by this statement.
His height would be between 181.5 and
182.5 cm. Precision of a measurement
is one-half the smallest division on the
instrument. The height 182 cm would
range Ϯ 0.5 cm.
22. Precision A box has a length of 18.1 cm and
a width of 19.2 cm, and it is 20.3 cm tall.
a. What is its volume?
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report that the average time required to
circle a 1.5-mi track was 65.414 s. This was
measured by timing 7 laps using a clock
with a precision of 0.1 s. How much
confidence do you have in the results of
the report? Explain.
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the least precise measurement. The
calculated average lap time exceeds
the precision......